Narada Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 12

NarP 2 12.1

वसिष्ट उवाच व्याहृते शोभने वाक्ये मोहिन्या नृपतिस्तदा । उन्मील्य नेत्रे राजेन्द्र शतपत्रनिभे तथा

vasiṣṭa uvāca vyāhṛte śobhane vākye mohinyā nṛpatistadā / unmīlya netre rājendra śatapatranibhe tathā

Vasiṣṭha said: When that lovely speech had been uttered by Mohinī, then the king, O lord of kings, opening his eyes, which were like hundred-petalled lotuses,

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NarP 2 12.2

सगद्गदमुवाचेदं मुग्धो मोहिनिदर्शनात् । मया बाले सुबहुशः पूर्णचन्द्रनिभाननाः

sagadgadamuvācedaṃ mugdho mohinidarśanāt / mayā bāle subahuśaḥ pūrṇacandranibhānanāḥ

said this with a faltering voice, bewildered by the sight of Mohinī: "By me, O girl, very many women with faces like the full moon

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NarP 2 12.3

दृष्टास्तथानुभूताश्च नेदृग्दृष्टं वपुः क्वचित् । यादृशं त्वं धारयसे रूपं लोकविमोहनम्

dṛṣṭāstathānubhūtāśca nedṛgdṛṣṭaṃ vapuḥ kvacit / yādṛśaṃ tvaṃ dhārayase rūpaṃ lokavimohanam

have been seen and also enjoyed; but nowhere has such a body been seen as the form you bear, which bewilders the world.

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NarP 2 12.4

सो ऽहं दर्शनमात्रेण त्वदीयेन वरानने । मनोभवशरैर्विद्धः पतितः सहसा क्षितौ । अजल्पितवचो देवि मोहितस्तव तेजसा

so 'haṃ darśanamātreṇa tvadīyena varānane / manobhavaśarairviddhaḥ patitaḥ sahasā kṣitau / ajalpitavaco devi mohitastava tejasā

So I, by the mere sight of you, O lovely-faced one, pierced by the arrows of the mind-born (Kāma), have suddenly fallen to the ground, unable to utter a word, O goddess, bewildered by your radiance.

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NarP 2 12.5

कुरु प्रसादं करभोरु मह्यं दास्यामि सर्वं तव चित्तसंस्थम् । नादेयमस्तीह जगत्त्रये ऽपि तवानुरागेण निबद्धचेतसः

kuru prasādaṃ karabhoru mahyaṃ dāsyāmi sarvaṃ tava cittasaṃstham / nādeyamastīha jagattraye 'pi tavānurāgeṇa nibaddhacetasaḥ

Show me favour, O you with tapering thighs; I shall give everything that is set in your mind. There is nothing here, even in the three worlds, that cannot be given by me, whose heart is bound by love for you.

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NarP 2 12.6

इमां धरां भूधरभूषिताङ्गीं समुद्रवस्त्रां शशिसूर्यनेत्राम् । घनस्तनीं व्योमसुबद्धदेहां निष्काननां सुंदरि वामशीलाम्

imāṃ dharāṃ bhūdharabhūṣitāṅgīṃ samudravastrāṃ śaśisūryanetrām / ghanastanīṃ vyomasubaddhadehāṃ niṣkānanāṃ suṃdari vāmaśīlām

This earth, whose limbs are adorned with mountains, whose garment is the oceans, whose eyes are moon and sun, whose breasts are the clouds, whose body is well bound to the sky, wearing a golden ornament for a face, O beautiful one, of contrary disposition —

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NarP 2 12.7

पातालगुह्यां बहुवृक्षरोम्णीं सप्ताधरां सुभ्रु तवास्मि दाता । सकोशबद्धां गजवाजिपूर्णां समन्त्रिहृद्यां नगरैः समेताम्

pātālaguhyāṃ bahuvṛkṣaromṇīṃ saptādharāṃ subhru tavāsmi dātā / sakośabaddhāṃ gajavājipūrṇāṃ samantrihṛdyāṃ nagaraiḥ sametām

— whose secret parts are the netherworld, whose body-hair is the many trees, whose lower part is the seven (regions) — of her, O fair-browed one, I am the giver: (the earth) with its bound-up treasuries, full of elephants and horses, made pleasant by ministers, furnished with cities.

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NarP 2 12.8

आत्मानमपि दास्यामि तवा चार्वङ्गि संगमे । किं पुनर्द्धनरत्नादि प्रसीद मम मोहिनि

ātmānamapi dāsyāmi tavā cārvaṅgi saṃgame / kiṃ punarddhanaratnādi prasīda mama mohini

"I will give even my own self to you, fair-limbed one, for union — how much more wealth, jewels and the rest! Be gracious to me, Mohinī."

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NarP 2 12.9

नृपस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा मोहिनी मधुराक्षरम् । समुवाच स्मितं कृत्वा तमुत्थाप्य नृपं तदा

nṛpasya vacanaṃ śrutvā mohinī madhurākṣaram / samuvāca smitaṃ kṛtvā tamutthāpya nṛpaṃ tadā

Hearing the king's words, sweet in their syllables, Mohinī then smiled, raised the king up, and spoke.

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NarP 2 12.10

न धरां भूधरोपेतां वरये वसुधाधिप । यद्विदिष्याम्यहं काल तत्कार्यमविशङ्कया

na dharāṃ bhūdharopetāṃ varaye vasudhādhipa / yadvidiṣyāmyahaṃ kāla tatkāryamaviśaṅkayā

"I do not ask for the earth with its mountains, lord of the earth; whatever I shall make known (to you) at the time, that must be done without hesitation.

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NarP 2 12.13

भजिष्यामि न संदेहः कुरुष्व समयं मम । राजोवाच येन संतुष्यसे देवि समयं तं करोम्यहम् ॥ नर्प्_२,१२।११ ॥ दशावस्थां गतो देहो मम त्वत्संगमं विना ॥ नर्प्_२,१२।१२ ॥ मोहिन्युवाच दीयतां दक्षिणो हस्तो बहुधर्मकरस्तव । येन मे प्रत्ययो राजन् वचने तावके भवेत्

bhajiṣyāmi na saṃdehaḥ kuruṣva samayaṃ mama / rājovāca yena saṃtuṣyase devi samayaṃ taṃ karomyaham // narp_2,12.11 // daśāvasthāṃ gato deho mama tvatsaṃgamaṃ vinā // narp_2,12.12 // mohinyuvāca dīyatāṃ dakṣiṇo hasto bahudharmakarastava / yena me pratyayo rājan vacane tāvake bhavet

"Then I will be yours, there is no doubt: make this agreement with me." The king said: "By whatever satisfies you, goddess, that agreement I make. (11) Without union with you my body has come to the tenth state. (12)" Mohinī said: "Let your right hand, the doer of many righteous deeds, be given, so that, O king, I may have confidence in your word."

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NarP 2 12.14

राजा त्वं धर्मशीलो ऽसि सत्यकीर्तिर्जगत्त्रये । न वक्तास्यनृतं काले मार्गायं लौकिकः कृतः

rājā tvaṃ dharmaśīlo 'si satyakīrtirjagattraye / na vaktāsyanṛtaṃ kāle mārgāyaṃ laukikaḥ kṛtaḥ

"You are a king of righteous character, of a fame for truthfulness in the three worlds; you will not speak falsely. At the (proper) time this worldly procedure has been performed."

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NarP 2 12.15

एवं ब्रवाणां राजेन्द्रो मोहिनीं हृच्छयातुरः । अब्रवीन्नृपतिस्तां तु सुप्रसन्नमना नृप

evaṃ bravāṇāṃ rājendro mohinīṃ hṛcchayāturaḥ / abravīnnṛpatistāṃ tu suprasannamanā nṛpa

To Mohinī, who was speaking thus, the lord of kings, afflicted by the love lodged in his heart — the king, O king, with a well-pleased mind, said (this) to her:

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NarP 2 12.16

जन्मप्रभृति वामोरु नानृतं भाषितं मया । स्वैरेष्वपि विहारेषु कदापि वरवाणिंनि

janmaprabhṛti vāmoru nānṛtaṃ bhāṣitaṃ mayā / svaireṣvapi vihāreṣu kadāpi varavāṇiṃni

"From my birth onward, fair-thighed one, no untruth has been spoken by me, not even in unrestrained amusements, ever, O you of lovely speech.

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NarP 2 12.17

अथवा व्याहृतैर्वाक्यैः किमेभिः प्रत्ययाक्षरैः । दतो ह्येष मया हस्तो दक्षिणः पुण्यलाञ्छनः

athavā vyāhṛtairvākyaiḥ kimebhiḥ pratyayākṣaraiḥ / dato hyeṣa mayā hasto dakṣiṇaḥ puṇyalāñchanaḥ

"Or rather, what (need) of these words uttered as syllables of assurance? For this right hand of mine, marked with merit, is (hereby) given.

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NarP 2 12.18

यन्मया सुकृतं किञ्चित्कृतमाजन्म सुन्दरि । तत्सर्वं तव वामोरु यदि कुर्यान्न ते वचः

yanmayā sukṛtaṃ kiñcitkṛtamājanma sundari / tatsarvaṃ tava vāmoru yadi kuryānna te vacaḥ

"Whatever good deed I have done from birth, O beautiful one, let all that be yours, fair-thighed one, if I should not do your bidding.

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NarP 2 12.19

अन्तरे ह्येष दत्तो मे धर्मो भार्या भवाङ्गने । तव रूपेण मे क्षोभः सहसा प्रत्युपस्थितः

antare hyeṣa datto me dharmo bhāryā bhavāṅgane / tava rūpeṇa me kṣobhaḥ sahasā pratyupasthitaḥ

"Meanwhile this merit of mine has been given (as pledge): become my wife, O lady. By your beauty an agitation has suddenly come upon me.

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NarP 2 12.20

ऋतध्वजसुतश्चाहं नाम्ना रुक्मां गदो नृपः । इक्ष्वाकुवशसंभूतः सुतो धर्माङ्गदो मम

ṛtadhvajasutaścāhaṃ nāmnā rukmāṃ gado nṛpaḥ / ikṣvākuvaśasaṃbhūtaḥ suto dharmāṅgado mama

"I am the son of Ṛtadhvaja, a king named Rukmāṅgada, born in the lineage of Ikṣvāku; Dharmāṅgada is my son.

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NarP 2 12.21

मृगव्याजेन गहनं प्रविष्टश्चारुलोचने । ततो दृष्टो वने हृद्यो वामदेवाश्रमो मया

mṛgavyājena gahanaṃ praviṣṭaścārulocane / tato dṛṣṭo vane hṛdyo vāmadevāśramo mayā

"On the pretext of (hunting) deer I entered the thicket, O lovely-eyed one; then in the forest I saw the pleasing hermitage of Vāmadeva.

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NarP 2 12.22

मुनिना जल्पितं तत्र किञ्चित्तेन विसर्जितः । आरुह्य वाहनश्रेष्ठंमन्दरं द्रष्टुमागतः

muninā jalpitaṃ tatra kiñcittena visarjitaḥ / āruhya vāhanaśreṣṭhaṃmandaraṃ draṣṭumāgataḥ

"There something was said by the sage; dismissed by him, I mounted my best of vehicles and came to see Mandara.

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NarP 2 12.23

भ्रममाणो गिरिवरं कुतूहलमनास्तदा । प्राप्तं मच्छ्रवणे गीतं तव वक्त्रविनिर्गतम्

bhramamāṇo girivaraṃ kutūhalamanāstadā / prāptaṃ macchravaṇe gītaṃ tava vaktravinirgatam

"As I roamed about that best of mountains, my mind full of curiosity, a song that had issued from your mouth reached my hearing.

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NarP 2 12.24

तेन गीतेन चाकृष्टस्त्वत्समीपमुपागतः । दृष्टेः पथमनुप्राप्ता मम त्वं चारुलोचने

tena gītena cākṛṣṭastvatsamīpamupāgataḥ / dṛṣṭeḥ pathamanuprāptā mama tvaṃ cārulocane

"Drawn by that song, I came near you; and you came into the path of my sight, O lovely-eyed one.

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NarP 2 12.25

ततो ऽहं मूर्च्छितो देवि विसंज्ञः पतितः क्षितौ । सांप्रतं चेतनायुक्तस्तव वाक्यामृतेन हि

tato 'haṃ mūrcchito devi visaṃjñaḥ patitaḥ kṣitau / sāṃprataṃ cetanāyuktastava vākyāmṛtena hi

"Then, goddess, I swooned and fell senseless to the ground; now I am restored to consciousness by the nectar of your words.

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NarP 2 12.26

पुनर्जातमिवात्मानं मन्ये ऽहं लोकमोहिनि । प्रत्युत्तरप्रदानेन प्रसादं कर्त्तुमर्हसि

punarjātamivātmānaṃ manye 'haṃ lokamohini / pratyuttarapradānena prasādaṃ karttumarhasi

"I think myself as if born again, O bewitcher of the world; you ought to show me favour by granting me a reply."

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NarP 2 12.27

नृपेणैव समुद्दिष्टा मोहिन्याहोत्तरं वचः । अहं ब्रह्मभवा राजंस्त्वदर्थं समुपागता

nṛpeṇaiva samuddiṣṭā mohinyāhottaraṃ vacaḥ / ahaṃ brahmabhavā rājaṃstvadarthaṃ samupāgatā

Thus addressed by the king, Mohinī spoke a reply in answer: "I, O king, am sprung from Brahmā, and have come here for your sake.

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NarP 2 12.28

श्रुत्वा कीर्ति स्मरोपेता मन्दरं कनकाचलम् । परित्यज्य सुरान्सर्वान्विश्वंभरपुरोगमान्

śrutvā kīrti smaropetā mandaraṃ kanakācalam / parityajya surānsarvānviśvaṃbharapurogamān

"Having heard of (your) fame, and possessed by love, I abandoned all the gods, headed by the Sustainer of the world, and (came to) Mandara, the golden mountain.

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NarP 2 12.29

समाहितमनास्त्वत्र तपस्यानिरता स्थिता । संपूजयन्ती देवेशं गीतदानेन शङ्करम्

samāhitamanāstvatra tapasyāniratā sthitā / saṃpūjayantī deveśaṃ gītadānena śaṅkaram

"With concentrated mind I remained here, devoted to austerity, worshipping Śaṅkara, the lord of gods, by the offering of song.

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NarP 2 12.30

गीतदानमहं मन्ये सुराणामतिवल्लभम् । सर्वदानाधिकं भूप ह्यनन्तगतिदायकम्

gītadānamahaṃ manye surāṇāmativallabham / sarvadānādhikaṃ bhūpa hyanantagatidāyakam

I hold that the gift of song is exceedingly dear to the gods, and, O king, that it surpasses all gifts, for it bestows endless (final) attainment.

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NarP 2 12.33

येन तुष्टः पशुपतिः सद्यः प्रत्युपकारकः । ईप्सितो ऽयं मया प्राप्तो भवानवनिपालकः ॥ नर्प्_२,१२।३१ ॥ अभिप्रीतो ऽसि मे राजन्नभिप्रीता ह्यहं तव ॥ नर्प्_२,१२।३२ ॥ तमेवं मुक्त्वा द्विजराजवक्त्रा करं गृहीत्वा नृपतेस्तु वेगात् । उत्थापयामास धराशयानमिन्द्रस्य यष्टीमिव मोहिनी सा

yena tuṣṭaḥ paśupatiḥ sadyaḥ pratyupakārakaḥ / īpsito 'yaṃ mayā prāpto bhavānavanipālakaḥ // narp_2,12.31 // abhiprīto 'si me rājannabhiprītā hyahaṃ tava // narp_2,12.32 // tamevaṃ muktvā dvijarājavaktrā karaṃ gṛhītvā nṛpatestu vegāt / utthāpayāmāsa dharāśayānamindrasya yaṣṭīmiva mohinī sā

By (that song) the Lord of Beasts was pleased and at once made recompense: this desired one, you, the protector of the earth, has been obtained by me. // You are well pleased with me, O king, and I am indeed well pleased with you. // Having spoken to him thus, she of the moon-like face took the king's hand and quickly raised him up as he lay on the ground — that Mohinī, like a bewitching woman lifting Indra's staff.

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